MSc in Culture and Society
Programme Code: TMCUSO
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students take two compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of 1.5 full units plus the dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO434 Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5) | |
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GI402 Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice (0.5) | |
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GI403 Gender and Media Representation (0.5) | |
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GI410 Screening the 21st Century: Cinema and Cultural Critique (0.5) # | |
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GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5) | |
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MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) # | |
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MC420 Identity, Transnationalism and the Media (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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MY424 Advanced qualitative field methods for researching space and place (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB432 Social Representations: Social Knowledge and Contemporary Issues (0.5) | |
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SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO458 Gendering, Identities, Difference (0.5) | |
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SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO481 Class, Politics and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO4B9 The Sociology of Consumption (0.5) | |
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SO4C5 The Social Life of Infrastructure (0.5) | |
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Or any other MSc level course offered in the School, subject to the consent of the candidate's teachers. | |
Paper 4 |
SO493 MSc in Culture and Society Dissertation (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.